Rail transport is a type of transportation that strongly influences economic due to its ability to transport a large number of passengers and products per trip relying on diesel-electric engines. The objectives of this thesis were set to investigate and develop the electrical performance tracking system of long-distance diesel electric locomotives and compare the electrical performance measured by the diesel electric locomotive performance tracking system and measured from the measuring instrument at Diesel Engine Maintenance Station in Bang Sue. The electric diesel locomotive no. 4513 (Cummins KTA50-L) was selected as the study subject of the experimentation. The results showed that the power loss of the diesel electric locomotive from the conversion of alternating current to direct current was inversely proportional to the engine speed. The power losses between the low and high engine speeds were equal to 77.11 and 2.49 percent respectively. The above data reflects the limitation of diesel electric engine performance and should lead to the construction of a database for making decision on the right engine selection suitable for the towing load of the locomotive.

Presently the rail transit system plays a major role in the commercial world that they currently use diesel engine not only causing to a lot of fuel consumption but also generating numerously pollution. Therefore this project aims to study the break-even point of investment under comparison of brake specific fuel consumption and pollution of locomotive engines. By experimental works there are 3 types of locomotive engine: Pielstick M.T.U. and Caterpillar which are the difference of the combustion chamber and the fuel injection systems. The simulation load on the static tests (Dynamometer) was used following the regulation characteristic curve which is standard of State Railway of Thailand. As a result of testing the engine using common rail type of fuel injection system M.T.U. was the lowest brake specific fuel consumption at all of engine by the average of all engine speed 206 g/kW-h of brake specific fuel consumption. It is lower than Caterpillar (Semi common rail with direct injection) which is 314 g/kW-h equivalent 34.39 % while Pielstick engine a mechanism fuel injection system is 389 g/kW-h equivalent 47.04 % For pollution area there are Hydrocarbon (HC) Nitrogen Oxide (NOX) and black smut. The engine with direct injection system relieved the previous substance less than the pre-combustion engine. Moreover the compound of carbon monoxide (CO) was found that the pre-combustion engine (Pielstick) discharged carbon monoxide (CO) less than the direct injection engine (Caterpillar) whereas the common rail engine emancipated same substan cenear by with the pre-combustion engine (Pielstick). However the new technology of the engines is high maintenance costs. Therefore a number of applications have to be needed to make a quantitative value for the investment.